PRACTICABLE - Keynote by Samuel Bianchini

Keynotes

PRACTICABLE - Keynote by Samuel Bianchini

Keynotes

PRACTICABLE Artwork as a playground

Practicable - From Participation to Interaction in Contemporary Art ; from this work published by Samuel Bianchini and Erik Verhagen at MIT Press, how can we revisit the notion of “Practicable” which, in French, is also a noun, meaning the physical medium in which action can take place in theatre or sport? How can we consider as a “playground” artwork involving the physical participation of its public? How can we consider artwork as a catalyst, established based on a set of practical, aesthetic and conceptual practices that we can play – like an instrument – with which we can measure ourselves – like in a game – where it is a matter of experiencing, perhaps even being challenged, to possibly beat them?

Keynote presenter

Samuel Bianchini

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Samuel Bianchini is an artist and lecturer accredited to supervise research at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD - PSL University, Paris) where he leads the Reflective Interaction research group at EnsadLab (EnsAD’s laboratory), and is also co-director of the Chaire Arts and Sciences, founded with the École Polytechnique and the Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation. Through these practical experiences, his publications, and his commitment to the development of research-creation, Samuel Bianchini supports the “operational aesthetic” principle by considering his artistic, societal and environmental implications.